Septic records and services in War, West Virginia

We have not yet measured septic parcels or collected septic records for McDowell County, West Virginia, which covers War. This page says what is and is not on file rather than filling the gap with an estimate.

What War is, in the records

War is a city in McDowell County, West Virginia. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 37.309985, -81.676251 and its land area at 0.89 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the city level, which is why every figure below is attributed to the county and linked back to the county page it came from.

What we hold for the county that covers War

We have not yet collected septic documents from McDowell County, West Virginia, so for a War property the county's own file is currently the only route. This page is about getting you to it, not about pretending we hold something we do not. The county publishes a records portal, but reaching the documents needs an account or a login, so budget for that step rather than expecting an open search.

Start from who you are

Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.

Questions people ask

Does Parcel Perfect have a septic count for War?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. We have not yet measured septic parcels or collected septic records for McDowell County, West Virginia, which covers War. This page says what is and is not on file rather than filling the gap with an estimate.

Which county is War in?

War is in McDowell County, West Virginia.

Records and services around War

• McDowell County septic records — what we hold, and where the county keeps the originals
• West Virginia septic regulations — the rules that actually bind here, which no page on this site restates from memory
• West Virginia septic records index

ZIP codes that overlap War

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of War’s land area that falls in each. A ZIP is not a place boundary and the two only ever partly agree, which is exactly why both pages exist.

• ZIP 24892 (92% of the city)
• ZIP 24894 (8% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of War.

• Cucumber — 3.6 mi
• Bartley — 3.6 mi
• Berwind — 3.6 mi
• Raysal — 5.7 mi
• Bradshaw — 7.2 mi
• Gary — 8.6 mi
• Welch — 9.4 mi
• Roderfield — 9.8 mi
• Big Sandy — 10.6 mi
• Kimball — 11.7 mi
• Davy — 11.7 mi
• Pageton — 12.3 mi
• Vivian — 12.5 mi
• Anawalt — 13.1 mi
• Iaeger — 13.3 mi
• Keystone — 14.6 mi
• Northfork — 15.6 mi
• Maybeury — 17.9 mi
• Brenton — 20.2 mi
• Bramwell — 20.3 mi
• Pineville — 20.5 mi
• Crumpler — 20.6 mi
• New Richmond — 21.0 mi
• Gilbert Creek — 21.5 mi
• Justice — 21.9 mi
• Bud — 22.0 mi
• Bluewell — 23.1 mi
• Itmann — 23.2 mi

Get the septic design for a property here

Parcel Perfect generates a code-shaped septic design and as-built style drawing for a parcel from the records and site data we hold, and shows every parcel we have classified as septic or sewer on one map. Both are open to use for any parcel in McDowell County, West Virginia.

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